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This is the full list of Fall 2008 anime premieres in Japan. The shows are ordered by premiere date with summaries and early impressions coming soon. read more »
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In this video scientists explore underwater structures found off the coast of Okinawa. These Structures are under 40-100 ft of water. Scientists say the last time these structures would have been above water was 10,000 years ago during the ice age twice as old as the great pyramids of Egypt. read more »
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Anime Expo 08 is officially over and wow what was a weekend it was for fans in attendance or sitting at home following the news closely. A lot happened this weekend that didn’t involve Funimation though and so let’s get on with it… read more »
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This manga, published in 1982 as “My Computer God – The Story of Bill Gates” (マイコンの神さま ビル・ゲイツ物語), in KoroKoro Comic, is a fascinating piece of history, and quite amusing to boot. As a piece of history, it harkens back to a time when Bill Gates was the Larry Page or Sergey Brin of his day, a dynamic read more »
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In Japan, sex is becoming a luxury for the working poor, according to Spa! magazine, which claims that a ‘sex gap‘ is being producing by decreasing full employment and the growing ‘income gap,’ which in turn, is a relatively new phenomenon for a country that has long prided itself on equally shared read more »
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